Chimpanzees of the Budongo Forest : Ecology, Behaviour, and Conservation

168 The problem of snares

Injuries from snares and traps

Waller and Reynolds (2001) investigated the injuries of the Sonso chimpanzees. The
injured limbs fell into two broad morphological categories: claw-hands and wrists, and
missing digits and limb segments.

Cross-

section of

wrist

View of the relative positions

of Kewaya's fingers, looking down

from a section of the wrist.

Case I

Case II

The twisted and hooked right hand of Kewaya.

The injured right hand of Kalema: the fingers

are clawed and the wrist hooked. Note also

the prominent band of scar tissue above the

wrist.

The little finger of Kalema's right hand,

showing the degree of flexion at the

digital joints.

Fig. 9.3: Cases of claw-hand and hooked-wrist (from Waller and Reynolds 2001, line drawings by
J. Waller).